BEIRUT -- The Lebanese Presidency announced Saturday the formation of a new 24-member government headed by Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam. (Lebanon-New Government)

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RAMALLAH -- Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday in the fifth prisoner-for-hostage swap under the first phase of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel.

Abdullah al-Zaghari, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Club, said the released prisoners, transported by buses of the International Committee of the Red Cross, had arrived in Ramallah. TV footage showed the released Palestinians being greeted by a large crowd at a square in the city. (Israel-Palestinian Prisoner Release)

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WASHINGTON -- Nippon Steel will no longer seek to purchase U.S. Steel and will instead "invest heavily" in the U.S. company, U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday.

His remarks were echoed by visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who called the investment "mutually beneficial." (U.S.-Nippon Steel)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least three people were killed and nine others injured in a firing incident in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, police sources confirmed.

The attack happened at about 8:50 a.m. local time (0350 GMT) when unidentified militants opened fire on a peace committee's office in the Bannu district of the province, sources from the district's police told Xinhua.(Pakistan-Armed Attack) Enditem

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